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2886e3186eSTom Rhodes.Dd July 16, 2005
29b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Dt BFE 4
30b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Os
31b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh NAME
32b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm bfe
3386e3186eSTom Rhodes.Nd "Broadcom BCM4401 Ethernet Device Driver"
34b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh SYNOPSIS
3586e3186eSTom RhodesTo compile support for the
3686e3186eSTom Rhodes.Nm
3786e3186eSTom Rhodesdriver into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
3886e3186eSTom Rhodes.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Cd "device miibus"
40b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Cd "device bfe"
4186e3186eSTom Rhodes.Ed
4286e3186eSTom Rhodes.Pp
4386e3186eSTom RhodesAlternatively, to load the
4486e3186eSTom Rhodes.Nm
4586e3186eSTom Rhodesdriver at boot time, place the following line in
4686e3186eSTom Rhodes.Xr loader.conf 5 :
4786e3186eSTom Rhodes.Bd -literal -offset indent
4886e3186eSTom Rhodesif_bfe_load="YES"
4986e3186eSTom Rhodes.Ed
50b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh DESCRIPTION
51b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
52b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
530fafc68bSChristian Bruefferdriver provides support for Broadcom BCM4401 based Fast Ethernet adapters.
54b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
55b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
56b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
57b9f78d2bSBill Pauldriver supports the following media types:
5801ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width ".Cm 10baseT/UTP"
5901ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm autoselect
6001ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovEnable autoselection of the media type and options.
6101ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm 10baseT/UTP
6201ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet 10Mbps operation.
6301ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm 100baseTX
6401ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
65b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
66b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
67b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
68b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
69b9f78d2bSBill Pauldriver supports the following media options:
7001ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.Bl -tag -width ".Cm full-duplex"
7101ddd31fSRuslan Ermilov.It Cm full-duplex
7201ddd31fSRuslan ErmilovSet full duplex operation.
73b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
74b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Pp
75b9f78d2bSBill PaulFor further information on configuring this device, see
76b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ifconfig 8 .
77b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
78b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Bl -diag
79b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: couldn't map memory"
80b9f78d2bSBill PaulA fatal initialization error has occurred.
81b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: couldn't map interrupt"
82b9f78d2bSBill PaulA fatal initialization error has occurred.
83b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: failed to allocate DMA resources"
840fafc68bSChristian BruefferThere are not enough mbufs available for allocation.
85b9f78d2bSBill Paul.It "bfe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting"
86b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with
87b9f78d2bSBill Paulthe network connection (cable).
88b9f78d2bSBill Paul.El
89b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh SEE ALSO
90b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr arp 4 ,
91b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr miibus 4 ,
92b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr netintro 4 ,
93b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
94b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Xr ifconfig 8
95b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh HISTORY
96b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
97b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
98b9f78d2bSBill Pauldevice driver first appeared in
99b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Fx 5.1 .
100b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Sh AUTHORS
101b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An -nosplit
102b9f78d2bSBill PaulThe
103b9f78d2bSBill Paul.Nm
104b9f78d2bSBill Pauldevice driver was written by
105b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Stuart Walsh
106b9f78d2bSBill Pauland
107b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Duncan Barclay .
108b9f78d2bSBill PaulThis manual page was written by
109b9f78d2bSBill Paul.An Stuart Walsh .
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